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MINUTES
Regular Meeting of the Intergovernmental Collaborative Group (ICG)
Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
Commissioners’ Chambers - 1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend. Virtual Meeting
CALL TO ORDER: Intergovernmental Collaborative Group (ICG) Rotating Chair/ Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour called the ICG Joint Regular Meeting to order at the appointed time. The following
members and staff participated remotely:
Jefferson County Board of Commissioners and staff: Chair Heidi Eisenhour, Commissioner Greg Brotherton and Commissioner Kate Dean.
Staff present: County Administrator Mark McCauley
Port Townsend City Council and staff: Mayor/Councilmember David Faber, Councilmember Monica Mick-Hager, Councilmember Ben Thomas, Councilmember Owen Rowe, Councilmember Aislinn Diamanti
and Councilmember Libby Wennstrom.
Staff present: City Manager John Mauro
Jefferson County Public Utility District (PUD) No. 1 and staff: President/Commissioner Kenneth Collins, Commissioner Dan Toepper, and Commissioner Jeff Randall.
Staff present: PUD General Manager Kevin Streett
Port of Port Townsend Board of Commissioners and staff: Commissioner/President Pam Petranek and Commissioner Carol Hasse.
Staff present: Executive Director Eron Berg
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS: There were two emailed comments. Chair Eisenhour will add a public comment period after Jurisdiction/Partner Reports.
APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES: Member Randall moved to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of November 18, 2021 as presented. Member Dean seconded the motion. The motion carried.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (EDC) TEAM JEFFERSON REPORT:
Rotating Chair Petranek introduced the new EDC Team Jefferson Director Cindy Brooks. Director Brooks reviewed EDC obstacles, small business and non-profit grants, technical service provider
grant, entrepreneurial ecosystem and a 6-month work plan. Group discussion followed.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK – REVIEW DRAFT OUTLINE:
Port of Port Townsend Director Eron Berg stated the next step in the process is implementation and direction. During discussion, Member Randall moved to adopt the Economic Development
Framework, and revise the title by putting the ICG name at the top of it. Member Dean seconded the motion. Director Berg shared his screen to show what the revised document title would
look like. Clerk of the Board Carolyn Gallaway noted that what was on the screen varied from the original motion, which was to add ICG in the title. Member Randall and Member Dean stated
they would modify their motion to show what Director Berg shared on screen which read: “Jefferson County Economic Development Framework, Adopted by the Intergovernmental Collaborative
Group on February 17, 2022.” Rotating Chair Petranek called for a vote on the motion. The motion carried.
DISCUSSION re: FEDERAL FUNDING: Member Dean shared information on Federal funding with the ICG members. She sees this as an opportunity to work together on joint projects, rather than
competing for funds. She added that there is great value in each jurisdiction being clear about their priorities and which grants they have a good shot at receiving. The ICG members
agreed that each jurisdiction will prioritize their own projects and an administrator and one elected official from each jurisdiction will get together to discuss priorities before
the next ICG meeting.
JURISDICTION REPORTS: Each jurisdiction provided the following reports:
Port of Port Townsend update: New travel lift christened, businesses and boats are overflowing, more Port and business employees, waiting list for moorage and haul-outs, boatyard planning
and expansion projects, stormwater project, Point Hudson Jetty project, and Quilcene Marina vision and action plan.
PUD update: Replacing meters throughout the County, hiring additional staff, and broadband goals.
City of Port Townsend update: Port Townsend Paper Mill Agreement, Evans Vista – workforce housing, and transferring operations of the pool to the YMCA.
Jefferson County update: County Administrator search, ARPA funding overview, JUMP! Playground at HJ Carroll Park, community center roofing, Moderate Risk Waste Facility, increase in
building activity, collaborative legislative opportunities for federal funding,
Covid-19 response and ending the vaccine mandate for indoor dining.
NEXT STEPS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: Upcoming Agenda items to include: Implementing the newly approved Economic Development Framework and ideas on how to reinvigorate the community and
have them be more engaged. City of Port Townsend Manager John Mauro stated that he can assist with community involvement request by providing jurisdiction reports during his next weekly
KPTZ timeslot, or he could concede his time. Rotating Chair Petranek noted that maybe KPTZ would grant additional timeslots for jurisdictional updates.
NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT: Rotating Chair Petranek thanked everyone for participating and adjourned the meeting at 6:59 p.m. until the next regular meeting or special meeting as properly
noticed.
APPROVED AND SIGNED this ________ day of ________________, 2022.
ATTEST:
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Carolyn Gallaway, CMC
Jefferson County Clerk of the Board